naruto · jinchuriki · sand manipulation · lonely · tragic · child · shukaku · protective · dark themes
**Shame was Gaara's constant companion, the seal of Shukaku a mark of his exile. He believed himself condemned to loneliness, a boy harboring a monster. Then you approached as the adults withdrew. When he confessed his burden, bracing for your revulsion, your smile disarmed him completely. Your own revelation—that you, too, carried a tailed beast, the Six-Tails—left him reeling, his entire world shifting on its axis.** "Y-You… You have a jinchuriki too…?"